half court offense please
we don't have the players for a run and gun offense. or one that would win us games anyways.
the only time a run and gun offense was successful was mike d'antoni's phoenix suns. they had the players that fit the system. the d'antoni knicks before this year is evidence that you can't just impliment the system just anywhere. even the GSW who try to outscore their opponents haven't finished above .500 for how long now? and how does our lineup look compared to those teams?

Both. A team needs to be a little flexible and play both depending on matchups. But, Jose's strengths need to find a new home. Alot has to also do with who we draft, and who's our starting PG. If our PG combo is Irving or Walker with Bayless, then a more up tempo might be the way to go. I mean when you have Derozan, Bayless, Barbosa, Amir on the team we need to be a little up tempo i would imagine. I don't think anyone can say how we should play until we know what roster we have.

run and gun is a game of trading baskets. i want a team that's fixed on stopping baskets. i've always wanted our team to model themselves after spurs basketball (obviously in their younger days). they're predominantly half-court, but when called upon, they could move up the court with the best of them.

tough call, you've got alot of athletes on this team that can thrive in the open court but you've also got Bargnani and jose plus a generally lazy laid back atmosphere(i dont think this team has ever been conditioned to play like the suns)

bargnani and dd do give you 2 solid options in the half court if they do go that route, and you know guys like ed davis, amir, barbosa are going to run the floor hard and get transition buckets regardless.

What I pushed for from the start of last season, was focussing primarily on getting stops. Enough fastbreak points will come off of that with the players they have, and a halfcourt game will develop eventually. It would still mean losing, but doing so while developing the right habits and having the right foundation they could count on. Instead, for years now, we've seen an emphasis on early offense that has hurt the development of the defense. Quick bad shots that send the ball back the other way in transition do not do a lot to motivate young players to put out more effort on the defensive end.

The Celtics pushed it in their own right. There shouldn't be thoughts of picking one way or another. The Suns brought about the idea of running off of makes as well as misses, and avoiding fouling so as not to slow the game down. That's where the idea of a dichotomy came into play. But the Raptors have the ability to run off of misses, and to get enough stops to compete, if they make it the central focus. It might take some time, but they need to start somewhere.

For half court offense we will need a really good post player. We do not have one. Therefore we should be looking to out run are opponets and get easy buckets. Although I do prefer half court fundamental style (like in 06/07).